Research Paper from the year 2012 in the subject Medicine - Diagnostics, Atlantic International University, language: English, abstract: Platelet counts and its associated indices of MPV, PDW and P‐LCR were assayed in a total sample of 98 blood donors aged 19 to 55years here in Porto Novo. Among whom 47 were men(47.96%) and 51 were women (52.04%). The mean platelets count of 218.90 109/L were recorded among men samples while Platelet count of 247.8 109/L were recorded among women blood donors. The platelet count were slightly higher in women than men and this increase is not...

Scientific Study from the year 2013 in the subject Medicine - Public Health, Atlantic International University, course: Health Science, language: English, abstract: A hundred and twenty-seven (127) pregnant women performed high vaginal swab (HVS) tests between the months of May to July, 2013, the age range of the pregnant women studied were from 13 to 45 years old. The specimen were studied for candida species and trichomonas vaginalis infections using wet mount or direct examination sometimes using10% Potassium hydroxide (KOH), and gram stain techniques were applied to all the samples. They...